Improvement in shirt-bosom supports



G. E. HALL.

Shirt-Bosom Supports.

NO 156155. Patented 0ct.20,1874- ME GRAPHIC comnom u-rugsa 4| PARKPLAOE,N.\'.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

GEORGE E. HALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-BOSOM SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,155, dated October20, 1874; application filed March 23, 1874.

o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HALL, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulShirt-Bosom Supporter, of which the following is a full description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 isan elevation. Fig. 2 is a section at as. Fig. 3 is a section of part aty.

Gentlemen are greatly annoyed by the wrinkling of their shirt-bosoms;and this portion of dress is often unpresentable simply becausewrinkled, and not because soiled. The object of my inx'ention is toobviate the difficulty mentioned; and this I accomplish by the use of asupporter, which can be conveniently made from fine wire cloth, coveredwith common cotton cloth or flannel.

In the drawings, A represents a piece of fine wire cloth, the lower endof which is rolled over, as shown at b, Fig. 3. B is a piece of cottoncloth or other suitable covering for the front, and D a similar coveringfor the back side. A portion of the covering is cut away in Fig. 1 toshow the wire cloth. The upper end of the wire cloth is at or near thedotted line a; and that part of the article above a consists of clothalone, and is perfectly flexible. The wire cloth may be bent out thebinding.

bottom to form an enlargement, b, as it is de sirable to have thearticle somewhat enlarged at that point.

In use, the supporter is to be placed beneath the shirt-bosom, and canbe buttoned at the upper end onto the inner portion of the collarstud,or onto a button provided for the purpose. It will be well to turn theshirt or b0- som under the lower end of the supporter.

This article is efficient in' preventing the wrinkling of theshirt-bosom, and also serves the purpose of a chest-protector.

I am aware that bosom-supporters have been before used formed of oblongor skeleton frames; and I do not, therefore, broadly claim such device.

The advantage presented by my invention is that, as the entire supportis formed of wire cloth or gauze, the bosom has a support. its entiresurface, and cannot be broken, as where only a frame is used to supportparticular portions of the bosom.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a newarticle of manufacture, the shirtbosom support herein described,consisting of wire cloth, interlining A, and back and front coverings BD, all constructed and combined as described, for the purpose specified.

GEO. EMMET HALL.

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. UPTON, HOMER 000K.

